Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-09

COMPROMISE in this except in the necessity
for climbing All extra pair ot stairs. The
mere mention # d bedroom in the attic is
distasteful t. q great many people. Ii arOuses
their memories of hot, dusty and uncomfort
able places in which they have passed the
night. All this depends on the attic. The
roof in this buuse Is pitched at an angle of A
degs. The house at the narrOweSt point is
- feet wide. This would make the attic at
the highest point Ia. feet. We could stud
down from tbs and have a 9 foot story and
at the same time "a large room, one which
would have none of the disadvantages of II
half story room, and which would have all
the advantages Of q well ventilated, com
Portable bedroom summer and winter The
plastering Of the attic suggests neatnesS
Hav ing IL well lighted by dormers poses all
disorder. In cities where the public supply
Of " alter contains large amount of line, or
which for otLeS reasons is said 10 be hard,
the water tank which is filed with cistern
water. should be placed IN this attic.
The cellar should be something more than a
hole in the ground. In the modern house it
is well lighted, has heavy cement floor,
which is smooth and easily cleaned 1t is not
all open from room to room, but has one
apartment for the laundry, another for the
fuel and furnace and still another for vege-
tables AMI general household stores. In the
matter of fuel 1t may be said that there is no
reason why the entire winter supply of coal
and kindling should not be placed i'll the base
ment 1t is certainly II great deal worse to
go uutsid, If the house in winter time. out
from Steamy, hot kitchen, than 1t is TO 20
down cellar for the fuel.
As to the cost of this house would say that
il would be from 81 800 10 5000. One Of
the newspapers which published one Of my
letters stated that a number OF houses had
been built IN and al jacent to their city from
the plans described, and that the cost had
been from SIoG to 500 in excess of my est
mate. but stated that as that was quite the
usual thing with architects estimates no
blame should be attached. j viii venture to
say that of the houses which have been built
from these sketches not one Of them has b,en
exactly like the plan given Ii does not take
many changes to affect the cost Of house
from $3u to $50 Furthermore, the ideas
of those who build begin to grow aS
soon as they commence To think about il, and
as their idea # cust is usually formed before
the house Iies l>fuliy developed, the accuracy
Of the estimate suffers. Again, the cost of Il
house is largel Il question Of business man
agement As , general thing architects Is
Inmates are all light: it is the owners IDEAS
which grow They usually exceed the eS-
innate ot the architect. In respect to this
there is no basis for calculation or estimate
The development of such Ideas is variable.
LEWIS +. GIBSON.
Able Bodied Chicaro Liars.
Said Col PM Hoyne yesterday: "The
July 1, Isl At noon that day the ther.
mometer registered L.; in the shade The
lake stewed and steamed like tea kettle and
fish fioated ashore already boiled and cream
gravy on them"
"June 2S. 1872. was the hottest day | ever
knew Of said Long John Wentworth Il
was living on n farm then-the Cooley farm,
near where Kinsley's restaurant stands now.
1t was 50 hot that We had u hang the ther
mOmeter i'll the well and keep flaming it to
prevent it from bursting"
"On Aug 6, 1876" said Amos Tucker, I'VE
caught a blazer. Along about sunset went
getting along. We had twelve time hogs Just
ready for the market. ell, when | got IL
the BARNARD all could find of them hogs
was twelve buckets OF leaf lard"
The hottest day ever knew of was july
l., 1853, said Jonathan Young Scammon. Il
remember the exact date, becaliSe on the
morning Of that day our hens all laid hard
boiled eggs &C Chicaru News
Marking Farm Tools.